A common agenda
Opposition leaders are aiming to emerge from their Friday (virtual) meeting with an agreement on a common agenda — issues the parties would raise in the coming months. According to sources, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who heads the Trinamool Congress, will speak on how the Centre is not respecting federalism, depriving states of funds, providing faulty test kits, and on the lack of planning by the Centre before announcing the lockdown or handling the migrant crisis. Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury will ask other opposition parties to agree to his party’s demands